. it's 11:00, do you know where your children are? >> now, abc 2news at 11. many. >> when you get a picture of your car ands and from the state you would like to do what with the speed cameras? but you haven't thought of this. >> what we are about to put on your phone tonight could be the seconds you need to save your child's life. . >> and it's time to toast baltimore. it's a beer drinking town and tonight starts beer week and what a way to bring in the weekend early. abc 2news at 11 starts right now. >> ever get own of these? it's your car. it's a ticket from one of those speed cameras that have been springing up. >> annoying, frustrating, expensive but would it drive you to commit a crime? we are live, it may have possibly happened this week.

>> reporter: it happened tuesday night. they got a call from a person who said they saw a person in a truck using a chain to attach their truck, one of those speed cameras. then they ripped the camera right out of the ground. something missing in front of sparrow's point high school. >> it amazing me. i didn't realize it was gone. >> reporter: you can see the base of what used to be a speed camera here along north point road. >> must have been someone who got a lot of tickets. >> reporter: all police know is that late tuesday night someone in a white truck stopped here, attached a chain to the camera and then gunned the engine. >> it's the first time we have had one of them throw destroyed like thisser. >> reporter: you can see the tire tracks and the ruts of the camera. >> someone was upset about getting a citation i guess. they didn't have a police officer here so they took it out on the camera.

>> reporter: it's not the first time it's happened. back in july a man came out of the woods near the airport and used a hammer to damage a vehicle mounted speed camera. that case remains unsolved. in the baltimore county case the vandal had no way of know that camera had already been deactivated. the plan was to move it to a new spot. >> the camera wasn't operational. it wasn't issuing citations, it was just there because they hadn't removed the physical camera yet. >> reporter: that also means there is no photographs of the truck or the vandals leaving police with not much more than a description of the truck which some say might make it hard to solve the case. >> everybody got a pickup truck and chain. >> reporter: the charge could bring a 2,500-dollar fine and three years in prison. if you know anything about this case you are asked to call the county police department. live in baltimore county,abc

2news. >> new tonight after 12 years on the job baltimore county superintendent joe harrison say this is year will be his last. he made the announcement late this afternoon. he is out west and scheduled to return to townsend tomorrow. no reason is being given but on tuesday the board voted not to give him a new four year deal. his last day will be on june 30th of next year. under his leadership schools have seen rising achievements. >> police are look for a person who shot a woodlawn man. he was found dead on tuesday outside his home. his name is ronald gibbons. he was shot several times. someone called the police the night before saying they heard shots. still not clear if the two incidents are related. >> we don't know whether that call was connected to this homicide, but it's something that the investigators looking at. >> right now police don't have any information on a suspect or possible motive.

>> a 20-year-old woman had no choice but to jump. she came face to face with a pair of robbers and then took a leap out of her second story window. this happened at the windsor mill apartments. she broke her ankle and her wrist. police are looking for two armed men with a crowbar. we spoke to the woman who protected the woman after her jump. she doesn't want to be identified. >> whoever broke in thought that nobody was home. she was bleeding, her ankle is swollen and her wrist. >> neighbors say about a month ago someone tried to break-in to another home across the street. a man and a pregnant woman there have since moved out. police were trying to determine if there is any connection. >> we have a shooting in charles village. similar to another murder that shocked all of us last year. earlier this morning a man was robbed in the 2600 block of st. paul street and the victim gave up everything he had but the suspect still shot him.

the scene just steps from where a man was stabbed during a robbery last year. police are asking neighbors if they saw anything. >> the shooting that happened this morning was -- before 6:00 a.m. people were going to work, they 53 have heard something. we are asking them to call the police. >> in an effort to reassure residents police are increasing patrols, if you have seen anything you know anything about this shooting, call police right away. >> weather watch today we had just really great weather and that's going to hold up next several days in to the weekend. crisp and chilly tonight. check out some of the numbers in the 40s in frederick, york, low 50s, baltimore, easton, again, it's a crisp chilly night on the way but a nice rebound tomorrow. we are back into the mid70's late in the afternoon and this set the estimate for a much more dramatic warm up in to the

weekend. >> thank you. your 7th grader says i don't want to go to school tomorrow. you ask why and they say they are being picked on or bullied. today they were tackling the issue. we went to a high school to talk to students and parents, the governor and first lady e even the president of the cartoon network were all there stressing the importance of national bullying prevention month, starring facebook. >> the pledge is a public statement to your friends, family and the community around you that you are going to take action when you see bullying happen. the idea is to inspire the great majority of people online and elsewhere who aren't bullying to come together as a community and take the steps to help someone in need and to create a culture that says it's not cool. >> you are encouraged to sign up on facebook and take the stop the bullying speak up pledge. you can get on and put in your zip code. more than 50,000 people have signed up.

>> should be an interesting general assembly in annapolis in january. they will talk about medical marijuana. our health secretary is already talked to two, maybe three institutions looking into running the medical marijuana program. he won't temperature us who the institutions are but does admit there is talk going on. wees in it'll be academic institutions, which will monitor its use and the patients and they are working to craft the proposal. >> in less than 20 days thousands will race for the cure in hunt valley and hopes of one day ending breast cancer. tonight the race course there was a race of a different sort. >> 4, 3, 2, 1,. >> reporter: the maryland jockey club and baltimore city joined forces in northwest baltimore at the track in the 21215 zip code to focus on beat

code awareness, they are recognizing awareness by lighting up the walls in pink. >> we are proud to join in our 21215 neighborhood community in kicking off the light maryland pink campaign. >> our goal today is to promote our new motto of less talk and more action and to encourage women to take action by getting a mammodram. >> we are a proud partner of the race for the cure so all month we will think pink. working for you, we have a special session dedicated to breast cancer research and awareness. just log onto abc 2news.com/think pink. then the big event to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer is sunday october 23rd in hunt valley. the 5k starts at 8:00 a.m. but there are tons of activities to get started before that including the survivor's walk. join us as we broadcast live from hunt valley for the race

fort cure at 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. >> we told you about his death yesterday and tonight we continue to mourn the loss of steve jobs. his admirers of all ages and all walks coming out to pay their respects. they are creating makeshift memorials at apple stores around the worm. we went to the one in townsend and members of the apple nation are dropping off items and thank yous, folks leaving flowers, putting them in botts of water and leaning them up against the store wall, even a handwritten note taped to the glass, to a man who changed millions of our lives. >> he changed our world. ill all of us would be touched every day in our daily lives by products that he was the creative genius behind. >> i'm sure there are guys to take over his business but you need shall he is innovation. >> he was 56.

he died after a battle with cancer. apple has not released details of his funeral but said there will not be a public service. >> members of the apple nation will get a chance to show appreciation. they will declare october 14th steve jobs day. the website steve jobs day 2011.com is urging people to dress in job as trademark jeans and black turtle neck and it's no coincidence the date of appreciation is the same day that the latest i-phone goes on sale. we can actually thank him forgives us the power to keep your kids safe. daughter runs out into a -- what do you do sniffle you down load it to guide you to the next step. we work for you giving your child safety apps. >> they gave us their lives on the battle field but some are still fighting.

>> and more on espn's decision to part way when is we are back.

. that -- last week the president to adolf hitler and in response his are you ready for some football anthem was pulled. he put out his own statement saying he decided to pull the song because espn infringed on his rights to free speech. >> if you were looking for a cold one are you in luck. the highley anticipated beer week kicks off in baltimore. they were lined up. all for a chance to sample some of charm city's finest brews. preston was there with the

tasting. >> reporter: let the festival begin. . >> . >> reporter: grab your glass. >> we are here to pay homage. >> best days of the fall. >> reporter: referring to the beer week. enter into a land of beer and allow the star spangled banner to start the tap. >> hit it. harder. >> reporter: tonight's kick off event gave you the opportunity to try something new. >> if people are looking for -- looking for flavor, for taste, they are looking different experience. beer is a crazy, they give them that. >> we have the ita, a pale arle,. >> reporter: you name it and

you can have it. a chance to try any beer you want and learn a little about baltimore's beer history. >> we are trying to tie in the history of where we have been, to the modern day craft movement. >> reporter: so raise your glass, take a sip and support. abc 2news. >> great story, want to thank all of you for the outpouring, the schneider family is getting after the story about their son. he is an 8-year-old brave boy from essex in remission. he is deaf in one year and can barely hear out of the other. he wears special glasses and is scared of seizures. doctors say they need a dog that would protect him. the dog would be trained to sniff out seizures but it costs $22,000 to train. the family has to raise 13,000 and they will saturday night because ravens nest 8 is planning a big fundraiser for

william on saturday night. go to abc 2news.com for more information and even if you can't make it to the middle river, the rescue squad on saturday night you can still make a donation. >> tomorrow is the ten years since the start of the war in afghanistan. united states led invasion launched october 7th 2001 in response to the september 11th attacks. a decade of war has brought the death of bin laden and conversion of some tall babb ban fighters to the nato cause but violence is still a problem and it's no clear if western nations will be able to bring lasting stability to the area. 2700 troops have died since the fighting started. the president has set 2014 as the end date for combat operations in afghanistan. >> about this time last year we learned arlington agency wracked with very serious problems. reports showed arlington national cemetery was in a word

disorganized. remains were put in wrong graves and some weren't even marked. the army put in new management and today they told lawmakers about the changes they are making. the army said records have been organized, modern eyed and made more transparent. >> a year ago i couldn't have told you what was happening at arlington national cemetery on any given day. this morning while we are sitting here i can tell you they plan to do 34burials and that's within the website. >> not everybody is satisfied. some lawmakers argue it would be better run by the department of veteran's affair that operate more than 130 cemeteries across the country. >> you have heard it before. time and time again, there is an app for that. it's true for just about anything now there are apps that provide life saving advice when it comes to your child's safety. >> megan pringle shows us a few of them.

>> reporter: this is a time of year we see them. kids back in the gym, on the playground and out on the field playing hard. sometimes to hard. we hear about sports injuries more and more with children. now coaches and parents have some help right in the palm of their hand there. is an app helpful for determines head trauma with kids. >> if i am already familiar with some of the symptoms, believe that the checklist feature is great. >> reporter: doesn't end there. the concussion app is one of several designed to help. one boy is a letter going to ants and uses an epi pen app. >> we have sent it to the school, to his teachers, scout leaders, coaches, grandparents. >> reporter: laurie uses it

too. that's a favorite for some people. >> it's a wealth of information just like their website is. it's a more portable format that provides information pertaining to your child's health. >> reporter: not just mom, seniors see it as a useful tool at home and in school. >> think we could incorporate the use of the apps into a daily routine here at clinic because not all schools have full time medical people. they don't all have a nurse. >> reporter: what about something for those emergency that pop up? that's where the ice app. >> in case of emergency and it's really a place where you can enter in a wealth of information about your family's medical history. you can put in insurance information, blood type, allergies. >> reporter: even an app from the fbi that lets you store information about your child in case he or she goes missing. they have one word of caution, make sure the fob phone and the apps are protected with a password. >> you need to be caution about the information you are

shiring on your phone about your family. >> reporter: a lot are loving the apps they have a word of caution. >> the only downside is if you are putting to much on them and not seeing the doctor when obviously its something that's important to take them in for. >> reporter: it doesn't replace a professional. megan pringle. >> there is a lot of good information. >> from concussion to missing children there are a number of apps and if you would like to see any of them we have them on the website. just head to the website and find the five apps every parent need in a series of stories we have featured here to try to keep your family safe. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> beautiful night out there and crystal clear. temperatures dropping off

pretty sharply. some spots well down in the 40s, we have 51 at pwi. on our way to the 40s overnight and wind is dead calm. we have 72 today. 70s normal. above average and getting close to that time of year where you can get record low around the freezing mark. it was beautiful blue skies, little cooler than yesterday as that canada air settled in . none theless still a bright beautiful day and nice sunset in baltimore. the radar we always like to check it. this will be clear for another couple days, things will start to change we think toward tuesday, wednesday of next week and temperatures again you see some spots well down in to the 40s over easton, ocean city 46 and york all the way down to 41. we will see 30s north of the pa line over night. it was nice today. low 70s and tomorrow we will add several degrees, should be back to the mid-70s, federal hill 65, all round the baltimore area mid to upper

70s. outer suburbs, places north and west, westminister, there you look for more mid-70s tomorrow. north and west crystal clear. to the east clear, and the entire earn seaboard krystal clear tonight. coset to it in october and the fall. the giant high pressure cells and that's what we have on top of us right now. big dome of air, think of the high pressure area like this as a weather good guy. keeps the weather good and actually as we see this thing slide further east tomorrow, start to get the wrap around flow, winds will start to come out of the south. that's a warmer breeze, should begin to push temperatures up. you can see the highs today down toward atlanta, charleston up above 80 and we are looking for that here as we go into the columbus day weekend. category one hurricane, almost a category two, felippe packing winds to 90 but this is about 500-miles bermuda and heading northeast away from the island

so just an open ocean storm. overnight 44, clear and crisp. tomorrow bottom line just sunny and warmer. i think we will get to 74 at the airport. warmer downtown and tomorrow night under a moonlit sky 47 degrees. that seven day forecast, doesn't get much better. there are changes by the middle of next week but i'm telling you enjoy the weekend. it all starts tomorrow. you look for low 70s and then up near 80 on sunday. columbus day fantastic too. plenty of sun around. >> taking tomorrow off. >> i think i will too. >> all right. >> play hooky. >> you will be here. >> all right. coming up you ever drive past something and have to do a double take? a halloween display so life like people are calling 911. >> first a look at night line. >> coming up, the frantic search for a 10-month-old who

disappear from her crib. and amanda knox's father speaks out and steve job's life changing find. that's coming up on night line after abc 2news at 11. i'm a curious seeker.

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this stunt may be about as real as they come. this is what you see in north carolina. tractor trick, it's so believable people were calling the police to report the accident. others say it's just harmless and all in good fun. that's pretty creepy. >> yeah. >> getting to be the season. >> halloween is coming up. doesn't feel like it. does tonight. >> crisp cool night. almost a beach like weekend coming up in the 80s. show you the temperatures out there tonight. yes, halloween like. 40s, chilly night but we warm it up pretty quickly tomorrow. back into the mid70's and only warmer from here in to the weekend. enjoy a nice friday

. they are saying three and a half hours to the i-phone. >> we have six people in the control room waking up to a quarter to -- 3:01 to get to wake them up to get the phone. >> sleeping bags and chilly night. >> can i have the old one? >> really. >> have a great night. we will see you tomorrow. have a good one.